[Fwd: poison ivy]

[RLR]

Koontz John E wrote:

>> Good luck with other terms.  I have no separate terms for poison
>> oak/sumac -- just ivy.
>
> It may be worth pointing out that there is no reason to expect terms in a
> given language, English or Siouan, to map one-for-one to Linnaean species,

This is true, but at least we wouldn't expect multiple overlaps with
harmless species. I noted that in at least one language there was an
interjection listed with the notation approximately "as when someone
notices that he has gotten poison ivy."

Bob